Thomas J. Christensen, co-director; Alastair Iain Johnston (Harvard University), co-director; 2006-07: Lynn T. White, acting (faculty) director; Xu Xin, acting (assistant) director

Founded in 2005, the PHCWP is committed to integrating the advanced study of China's foreign relations into the field of international relations (IR) by bringing together exceptional young scholars of who work in both China studies and IR.